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GHSA-FRFJ-9FCW-2CXW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-13 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-13 18:30

Details

The Emplibot – AI Content Writer with Keyword Research, Infographics, and Linking | SEO Optimized | Fully Automated plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.9 via the emplibot_call_webhook_with_error() and emplibot_process_zip_data() functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2025-11970 (GCVE-0-2025-11970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-13 04:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:34

Title

Emplibot – AI Content Writer with Keyword Research, Infographics, and Linking | SEO Optimized | Fully Automated <= 1.0.9 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery

Summary

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-12-15 15:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
emplibot	Emplibot – AI Content Writer with Keyword Research, Infographics, and Linking \| SEO Optimized \| Fully Automated	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.9 (semver)

Credits

Jonas Benjamin Friedli

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